The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-20

buHDy are employed Dy Utle WluO" VI INV
late j. b. Simmons, of Kissimmee, to enter
an action against the Mutual Life Insurance
Company OF New York to recover S3,OOg
due on her late husbands life policy and
the suit will be entered at once. The actlon
is rendered necessary through the Com
pany's refusal to pay the policy for nearly a
year from the date OF Mr. Simmons death.
A. II. Merrill, who has for year or two
past been stenographer in the genera
freight and ticket office of the South FLORIDA
railroad, has rendered his resignation, to
take effect Oct. 1. He has been appointed
Deputy Grand Master Workman, for the
Georgia jurisdiction, of the A. O. U. W.,
and will assume the duties of the office Oct.
l. His work will call him into Alabama,
Mississippi North and South Carolina and
Florida.
During the week OF prayer, which ended
Sunday night, the collections for foreign
missions by the Leesburg Methodist church
amounted to $50, of which Sl2 ID was col
lected by the Sunday school. The total col
lectons for foreign missions to date amount
to Sl17 so; and considering that the church
was assessed for only $50, it is a fine snow
ing and speaks highly both for the church
and the energetic pastoral care OF Rev. +.
r. Bridges.
The county seat question is again being
worked up" at DeLand. Four years ago
an election was held for the purpose OF
voting on the removal of the county seat.
At that election, although the town was then
in its infancy, it received handsome plu-
rality, but failed to get the necessary ma
jority of all votes cast. Enterprise, the
present county seat, is situated in the eX-
IRENE southwest corner of the county, ana
is very announcement to ali parties except
the citizens Of that place.
Webster is divided on the question of To-
eating the public school. A portion OF the
people want it a mile and half east OF
town; Others favor a point an equal dis
tance south, while the immediate cltlzenS
want it placed in the town limits. Several
meetings held to effect compromise have
failed in their object, and accordingly
Webster is likely to have several schools.
The citizens have determined to build a
large school house, 80 by 90 feet in size and
two stories high, and locate it in town, and
they have an appropriation OF $50 month
for the teachers salary.
The arrival of several schooners at Key
West Tuesday morning brought the news
that the British steamship Intrepid, bound
from Marlborough, Eng, to New Orleans,
loaded with railroad iron, had ran ashore
ON long Key on the morning of Aug. II.
Assistance was rendered her by six schoon.
ers After throwing over about 700 bars OF
iron they managed to float her. For the
assistance given 10y the wreckers the Cap
tain offered $1,000. This sum being consd-
cred too small it was mutually agreed that
two of the wreckerS should go with the
steamer to New Orleans, where the matter
would be adjusted Capt, Ben Saunders,
of the Pelican, and Tom Sweeting were
selected to go on.
Fleming Howard, colored, was standing
near the boarding cars that were sidetracked
at Chipley last Sunday when the foreman
of the gang, j. B. Holbert by name, came
along and in a joking way proposed to
"boardn him. To this Howard objected,
saying that he didn't feel like playing, but
Holbert continued in his attempt to whip
Howard, calling on several of the hands to
help him Howard picked up an axe and
told them to let him alone as he did not want
to play. Holbert then picked up a stick
and attempted to strike Howard. who
dropped the ak. Holbert called for his PTS
toll which was handed to him from the car,
and with 1t in his hand chased Howard,
shooting at him four or five times. Holbert
was arrested.
Railroad circles at Leesburg were consid-
erably astonished last Friday by feat per-
formed by conductor w. F. Morrow, who
brought down the Florida Railway and
Navigation night express, which arrives
here at a. m As his train approached
Eldorado, on Lake Harris, three miles out,
the track spread and thirteen pairs of trucks,
including those under the tender, were de-
rallied. He telegraphed to headquarters
that he would get his train on and away in
two hours, whereat there was a grand laugh
at his expense all the way from Eldorado to
Fernandina Within an hour, however, he
got his train on the track and rushed into
TavareS with flying colors, so to speak and
a prolonged whistle of triumph, while all
the rest of the railroad fellows wondered
what the dickens they had been laughing
about.
At Key West, Sunday night, some I'M
known parties tried to set fire to the grocery
store of Miguel Encinoza that is located on
the corner Of Simonton and Virginia streets,
in Gatoville. To carry out their scheme
they saturated with kerosene oil the front
door and poured the same liquid under the
doors. They were just about setting a
match to it when some one passed, and
| they being frightened ran away A few
| days ago the Equator denounced several at
| tempts TO fire some buildings belonging to
| E. H, Cato, situated near the old street car
| station. The next day a house, adjoining q
gambling den, on Simonton street, near
| Gato's factory, was also discovered to be on
! fire, but the flames were extinguished by
Mr.. Gatos Waterman. Monday, another
alarm of fire was sounded. The fire proved
| to be in the street car stables, in the hay
| loft. and had it not been for the early dis
| covery the stables would probably have
| been burned, with large number of mules
| Hay was found to be saturated with kero-
| sene.
| There is trouble in Ellinger's cigar factory
! at Key West. The trouble commenced by
| the American girls claiming that Cuban
| cigar maker had used abusive language to-
ward them, and they refused to work un-
less some.apology or explanation was made.
| This report was carried upstairs TO the
| American cigar makers by Albert Thomp-
son, foreman of the pickers' room, as he
| first came up, and was joined by Charlie
| johnson, foreman of the cigar makers
| Thompson told them about what the girls
claimed, and said it was so. He told the
American cigar makers that they
should strike and he would join
them. That he would lock up the doors of
the pickers' room and give the key up, and
that he would stick by them, further claim
ing that he could get American girls for
pickers instead of men. He had knife in
his waistband, and when asked what he was
! going TO do with it, he said he wanted to
| kill CUBAN The American boys agreed
| to do rs Thompson advised, and they went
out on strike; the Cubans followed. IL
was then that committee Of six were APP
pointed to adjust the dfference-three
Americans and three Cubans. Albert Thomp-
son was one of the Americans selected. The
committee agreed that the Cuban who had